Socratic Society tonight
UMD Philosophy alumnus Luke Donahue will present on the Monty Hall
Problem. Socratic Society meets at 7:30, Thursday, in Kirby 355.
[As I (Cole) understand it, the "Monty Hall Problem", strangely
enough, stems from a daytime tv game show. The contestant has to
choose between three doors, one of which has the grand prize behind
it. After the choice, host Monty Hall reveals what is behind one of
the other doors, it is never the grand prize. MH then allows the
contestant to switch his/her choice between the two remaining closed
doors. Should the contestant switch his/her choice? There is an
alleged proof that one should.
Luke Donahue (no doubt now standing behind door number 2 to K355) will
prove otherwise! He describes the drama as follows:]
Critique of the Monty Hall Problem
presented by Luke Donahue
First, I will be giving a history of the Monty Hall problem and giving
examples of use of the problem in popular culture. Then, I will
present the problem and the classical answer. Following this, I will
provide two objections to the problem and assess those objections.